2nd Global Conference: Teenagers and Contemporary Visual Culture

2nd Global Conference: Teenagers and Contemporary Visual Culture Saturday 10th May - Monday 12th May 2014 Lisbon, Portugal Call For Presentations: The practices, sensibilities, issues and events that define the teen experience may vary across time and place, but collectively they inspire the development of a visual culture whose richness and diversity speaks volumes about the relationship between teens and their world. The Teens and Contemporary Visual Culture Project aims to facilitate a better understanding of how visual culture functions as a means of creative expression for teens, a bell-weather for teen perspectives and tastes, an historical benchmark of teen experiences and a potent tool for teaching and learning (whether in the classroom or through the didacticism of storytelling). The project Steering Group invites proposals for presentations, performances, interactive workshops, readings, screenings, installations, reports on research, and pre-constituted, theme-driven panels. We are particularly interested in breaking the pattern of academic conferences by welcoming non-academic participants and by encouraging non-traditional approaches to presentations. The project will explore themes that include, but are not limited to: Representation: - Portrayals of teenage life and teen cultures (mainstream, sub-cultures, counter-cultures) - Identity issues concerning race, gender, ethnicity, sexuality - Impact of "big" events (death and mortality, pregnancy, addiction, marriage, mental illness, disability, etc.) on teens Storytelling and Aesthetics: - Studies of particular series, films, etc. - Historical perspectives on teen visual culture - Responding to/setting trends in teen fashion, music and pop culture - Narrative studies - Adapting stories between media and across cultures - Making and breaking generic conventions - Impact of star persona/celebrity - Factors in the phenomenon: why some teen programming goes viral and others fail - Assessments of the messages, meanings and cultural significance of specific texts, storylines and characters Production: - Teens as producers (e.g teens in writers' rooms and creative teams; teens as producers of fan fiction, videos and art; teens as campaigners/correspondents seeking to influence storylines, etc.) - Technologies of production, distribution and marketing (e.g. the impact of multiplatform experiences and social media) Reception: - Teen audiences and patterns of consumption - Cross-cultural reception studies - Fan communities - Teens and celebrities - Teens as celebrities - Controversies and moral panics - Regulation and censorship - The appeal of teen visual culture for adults, and its implications Uses and Implications: - Why teen visual cultures matter - Visual culture as a teaching tool - Research methods and strategies for studying teens and visual culture do Presentations will also be considered on any related theme. In order to support and encourage interdisciplinarity engagement, it is our intention to create the possibility of starting dialogues between the parallel events running during this conference. Delegates are welcome to attend up to two sessions in each of the concurrent conferences. We also propose to produce cross-over sessions between two and possibly all three groups - and we welcome proposals which deal with the relationship between Teenagers, visual culture, and/or urban popcultures, subcultures and/or storytelling. What to send: 300 word abstracts should be submitted by Friday 8th December 2013 If an abstract is accepted for the conference, a full draft paper should be submitted by Friday 14th March 2014. 300 word abstracts should be submitted simultaneously to both Organising Chairs; abstracts may be in Word or RTF formats with the following information and in this order: a) author(s), b) affiliation as you would like it to appear in programme, c) email address, d) title of abstract, e) body of abstract, f) up to 10 keywords. E-mails should be entitled: TCVC2 Abstract Submission. Please use plain text (Times Roman 12) and abstain from using footnotes and any special formatting, characters or emphasis (such as bold, italics or underline). Please note that a Book of Abstracts is planned for the end of the year. All accepted abstracts will be included in this publication. We acknowledge receipt and answer to all paper proposals submitted. If you do not receive a reply from us in a week you should assume we did not receive your proposal; it might be lost in cyberspace! We suggest, then, to look for an alternative electronic route or resend. Organising Chairs Ann-Marie Cook: annmariecook75@gmail.com Dr Rob Fisher: tcvc2@inter-disciplinary.net The conference is part of the Critical Issues series of research projects. The aim of the conference is to bring together people from different areas and interests to share ideas and explore various discussions which are innovative and exciting. All papers accepted for and presented at this conference are eligible for publication in an ISBN eBook. Selected papers may be invited to go forward for development into a themed ISBN hard copy volume. 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4th Global Conference: Femininities and Masculinites

4th Global Conference: Femininities and Masculinites Friday 2nd May - Sunday 4th May 2014 Lisbon, Portugal Call For Presentations: Gender studies is an interdisciplinary field of academic study on the issues of gender in its social and cultural contexts. Since its emergence from feminism, gender studies have become one of the most deliberated disciplines. The following project aims at an interdisciplinary exchange of ideas and perspectives on the issues of femininities and masculinities in the 21st century. It invites ground-breaking research on a plethora of topics connected with gender, to propose an interdisciplinary view of the frontiers and to stake out new territories in the study of femininities and masculinities. Papers, presentations, workshops and pre-formed panels are invited on issues related to any of the following themes: 1. Representations of Femininities and Masculinities - Femininities and masculinities in history and the history of gender - The representation of gender in culture, art, film, literature - The representation of gender in popular culture and media - Gender in the relation to politics, law and social studies 2. Gender Borders and Transgressions - Performativity of gender - Female masculinities/male femininities - Androgyny - Transgender issues - The body and its transgressions 3. New Directions in Feminisms and Masculinity Studies - New perspectives in masculinity and boyhood studies - Men in feminisms - Third wave feminism, womanism - Postfeminism, post-feminism and postfemininity - Lesbian feminism - Eco-feminism - Cyberfeminism - Individual feminism - Feminist disability studies 4. Global and Regional Perspectives on Gender - Gender and race - Gender and nationality - Gender and (post)colonialism - Case studies of gender issues in local/regional/national perspectives - Global masculinities/ femininities - Gender across borders 5. Investigating the diffusion of feminism and feminist theory in non-West contexts - Teasing out the tensions between competing feminisms - The politics of representation: examining the "white woman's burden" to voice/uplift her sisters of colour - De-centring the onus of western feminism 'as' feminism proper - Postulating masculinities in changing world-order - Negotiating the back-story: the history of homosociality in pan-Asian societies 6. Gender in Relationships - Motherhood/fatherhood - Gender and family - Matriarchy/ patriarchy - Sororophobia and matrophobia - Misogyny and misandry - Female genealogy - Gender and maturity 7. Gender in Experience - gender in visual and performance arts - gender in advertisement - gender mainstreaming - gender in psychotherapy - gender, health and illness - gender and the ethics of bodies and embodiment - gender and education - gender, education and equity - gender in religion - gender and NGOs We welcome not only academic research presentations, but also case studies and creative proposals (creative writing, drama, visual art, performance, etc.) In order to support and encourage interdisciplinarity engagement, it is our intention to create the possibility of starting dialogues between the parallel events running during this conference. Delegates are welcome to attend up to two sessions in each of the concurrent conferences. We also propose to produce cross-over sessions between two and possibly all three groups â€" and we welcome proposals which deal with the relationship between evil, women, femininity and/or violence and/or femininities and masculinities. What to Send: 300 word abstracts should be submitted by Friday 8th December 2013 If an abstract is accepted for the conference, a full draft paper should be submitted by Friday 14th March 2014. 300 word abstracts should be submitted simultaneously to both Organising Chairs; abstracts may be in Word or RTF formats with the following information and in this order: a) author(s), b) affiliation as you would like it to appear in programme, c) email address, d) title of abstract, e) body of abstract, f) up to 10 keywords. E-mails should be entitled: FM4 Abstract Submission. Please use plain text (Times Roman 12) and abstain from using footnotes and any special formatting, characters or emphasis (such as bold, italics or underline). We acknowledge receipt and answer to all paper proposals submitted. If you do not receive a reply from us in a week you should assume we did not receive your proposal; it might be lost in cyberspace! We suggest, then, to look for an alternative electronic route or resend. Organising Chairs: Barbara Braid and Malwina Degórska: barbara.braid@gmail.com Rob Fisher: fm4@inter-disciplinary.net The conference is part of the At the Interface programme of research projects. It aims to bring together people from different areas and interests to share ideas and explore various discussions which are innovative and exciting. All papers accepted for and presented at the conference will be eligible for publication in an ISBN eBook. Selected papers may be developed for publication in a themed hard copy volume(s). For further details of the conference, please visit: http://www.inter-disciplinary.net/critical-issues/gender-and-sexuality/femininity-and-masculinity/call-for-papers/ Please note: Inter-Disciplinary.Net is a not-for-profit network and we are not in a position to be able to assist with conference travel or subsistence.

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1st Global Conference: Sexuality and Disability

1st Global Conference: Sexuality and Disability Tuesday 6th May - Thursday 8th May 2014 Lisbon, Portugal Call For Presentations: "Sexuality is an integral part of the personality of everyone: man, woman and child; it is a basic need and aspect of being human that cannot be separated from other aspects life." (World Health Organisation) Statistics suggest that over 50 percent of disabled people do not have a sex life, which is not surprising given the fact that disabled people are too often considered as non-sexual or asexual. Recent television programmes shown in the UK have attempted to document the sex and love lives of the disabled, The Undateables and Sex on Wheels (both Channel 4 TV). While such programmes can be seen as progressive in terms of acknowledging that disabled people want and/or have sex lives, moving away from the popular perception of disabled people as asexual, they also perpetuate the medical model of disability in which disability is constructed in sympathetic terms and portrayed in a voyeuristic fashion: disability as object of festishistic scopophilia. While social issue cinema continues to evoke sympathy rather than challenge conventions, horror cinema constructs disability not only as sexualised but often as monstrous abnormality linked with criminality. Images of disability may aim at evoking disgust through the construction of the discourse of abjection. In addition, the sex lives of the disabled are too often ignored within the arena of disability politics itself. This conference seeks to challenge popular conceptions and perceptions of sexuality and disability. In addition to academic papers, we are particularly interested in opening up a space for the discussion of personal experiences of disability and sexuality and the role of sex workers, community programs and the work of sex educators. Inter-disciplinary and cross-disciplinary perspectives are sought on sexuality and disability, including cross-cultural and transcultural perspectives. Non-traditional presentations are encouraged including workshops, performances and round table discussions. Papers, presentations, workshops and pre-formed panels are also invited on any of the following themes: Representations of Disability and Sexuality - Visual images â€" painting, photography, advertising - Moving images â€" television, film, video, theatre, performance art - Music and disability â€" music videos, groups, artists - Narratives of disability â€" poetry, biography, autobiography, fiction and non-fiction Desire and Disability - The fetishization of disability - Normative/Non-normative desires - Voyeurism and disability - Eroticism and disability - Disability and the politics of disgust - Dating and disability Gender and Disability - Feminism and disability politics - Femininity and Masculinity and disability - Gender, class and disability - Body image and disability Sexualities of Disability - queer, trans, and other non-normative sexualities - disabilities and sexualities - aging and sexuality - appropriate versus inappropriate expressions of sexuality Difference and Disability - Visible/invisible disabilities - Intellectual disabilities - Mental health issues including depression - Ethnicity, sexuality and disability Sex Work and Disability - Sex educators - Sex workers - Community programs - State run programs Law, Ethics, the State and Disability - Eugenics and state stationed sterilisation - Legislation, disability and sexuality - Ethics, desire and disability - Cultural conceptions of disability and sexuality - Sexual abuse and disability Presentations will also be considered on any related theme. In order to support and encourage interdisciplinarity engagement, it is our intention to create the possibility of starting dialogues between the parallel events running during this conference. Delegates are welcome to attend up to two sessions in each of the concurrent conferences. We also propose to produce cross-over sessions between two and possibly all three groups - and we welcome proposals which deal with the relationship between the experience of prison, and/or responsible and ethical living and/or disability and sexuality. What to send: 300 word abstracts should be submitted by Friday 6th December 2013 If an abstract is accepted for the conference, a full draft paper should be submitted by Friday 14th March 2014. 300 word abstracts should be submitted simultaneously to both Organising Chairs; abstracts may be in Word or RTF formats with the following information and in this order: a) author(s), b) affiliation as you would like it to appear in programme, c) email address, d) title of abstract, e) body of abstract, f) up to 10 keywords. E-mails should be entitled: SD1 Abstract Submission. Please use plain text (Times Roman 12) and abstain from using footnotes and any special formatting, characters or emphasis (such as bold, italics or underline). We acknowledge receipt and answer to all paper proposals submitted. If you do not receive a reply from us in a week you should assume we did not receive your proposal; it might be lost in cyberspace! We suggest, then, to look for an alternative electronic route or resend. Organising Chairs Colette Balmain: cb@inter-disciplinary.net Rob Fisher: sd1@inter-disciplinary.net The conference is part of the Gender and Sexuality programme of research projects. It aims to bring together people from different areas and interests to share ideas and explore various discussions which are innovative and exciting. All papers accepted for and presented at the conference will be eligible for publication in an ISBN eBook. Selected papers may be developed for publication in a themed hard copy volume(s). All publications from the conference will require editors, to be chosen from interested delegates from the conference. 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9th Global Conference: Cybercultures

9th Global Conference: Cybercultures Wednesday 15th May - Friday 17th May 2013 Lisbon, Portugal Call For Presentations: This inter- and multi-disciplinary conference aims to examine, explore and critically engage with the issues and implications created by the growing adoption of information technologies for inter-human communication. The project will also focus on assessing the continuing impact of emergent cybermedia for human communication and culture. In particular the conference will encourage equally theoretical and practical debates which surround the cultural contexts within which cybermedial and technological advances are occurring. Papers, presentations, workshops and reports are invited on any of the following themes: 1. Cyberspace and Cyberculture Theories and Concepts of Cyberspace and Cyberculture. Identifying Key Features and Issues. 2. Cybercultures and Online Communities Emerging Practices in Social Networking. User-generated Content and the Change of Cultural Practices. Social Identity in Cyberspace. Concepts and Meaning of Online and Co-located Communities. 3. Cyber-Subcultures Glocal, Multi-National, Cross-Continental, Cross-Generational and Online Diaspora Communities. Youth, Fan and Alternative Online Sub-Cultures. 4. Design for Social Networking Design and Communication Strategies and Practices. Trends in Web Services and Interfaces: Accessibility, Usability and Design. Creativity in Interactive Media. Mobile Communications. Future Web. 5. Cybercultures and Politics Governance and Control over the Online Environment. Cyber-Democracy and the Impact on National and Global Politics. Surveillance and Privacy in the Online World. Cyber-Activism and Social Mobilisation. Digital Divide. Digital Rights in Virtual Environments. Cybercrime vs. Ethical Hacking. Pirate Party Politics. 6. Cybermedia and Cyberjournalism New Media Discourses. Digital Communications and Free Speech. Censorship and Content Regulation. Grassroots Journalism, Activism and Hactivism. Open Access, Copyright vs. Copyleft. 7. Interactive Media Literacies Educational Use of Virtual Environments and Computer Games. Cultures of Online Learning. Global and Local Learning in the Age of Convergent Cultures. 8. Digital and Interactive Arts Digital Artistic Practices and Aesthetics. Performative and Collaborative Use of Digital Media. Preservation of Digital Media Heritage. The Steering Group particularly welcomes the submission of pre-formed panel proposals. In order to support and encourage interdisciplinarity engagement, it is our intention to create the possibility of starting dialogues between the parallel events running during this conference. Delegates are welcome to attend up to two sessions in each of the concurrent conferences. We also propose to produce cross-over sessions between two and possibly all three groups - and we welcome proposals which deal with the relationship between Cybercultures and/or transmedia narratives, immersive worlds and/or monstrous geographies. What to send: 300 word abstracts should be submitted by Friday 6th December 2013 If an abstract is accepted for the conference, a full draft paper should be submitted by Friday 14th March 2014. 300 word abstracts should be submitted simultaneously to both Organising Chairs; abstracts may be in Word or RTF formats with the following information and in this order: a) author(s), b) affiliation as you would like it to appear in programme, c) email address, d) title of abstract, e) body of abstract, f) up to 10 keywords. E-mails should be entitled: Cubercultures 9 Abstract Submission. Please use plain text (Times Roman 12) and abstain from using footnotes and any special formatting, characters or emphasis (such as bold, italics or underline). We acknowledge receipt and answer to all paper proposals submitted. If you do not receive a reply from us in a week you should assume we did not receive your proposal; it might be lost in cyberspace! We suggest, then, to look for an alternative electronic route or resend. Organising Chairs Daniel Riha: rihad@inter-disciplinary.net Rob Fisher: cyber9@inter-disciplinary.net The conference is part of the 'Critical Issues' programme of research projects. It aims to bring together people from different areas and interests to share ideas and explore various discussions which are innovative and exciting. All papers accepted for and presented at the conference will be eligible for publication in an ISBN eBook. Selected papers may be developed for publication in a themed hard copy volume. All publications from the conference will require editors, to be chosen from interested delegates from the conference. For further details of the conference, please visit: http://www.inter-disciplinary.net/critical-issues/cyber/cybercultures/call-for-papers/ Please note: Inter-Disciplinary.Net is a not-for-profit network and we are not in a position to be able to assist with conference travel or subsistence.

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12th Global Conference: Violence

12th Global Conference: Violence Friday 2nd May â€" Sunday 4th May 2014 Lisbon, Portugal Call for Presentations This conference is one of a continuing series that aims to bring together people from a wide range of disciplines to focus on Violence. Our intention is to contribute to the body of thought which seeks to understand the nature and causes of this endemic feature of society. Such a complex phenomenon has many faces, a multitude of contexts (real or imagined), and many possible explanations in relation to causation and to the role Violence has played and still plays in societies all over the world and at every stage of development. Perpetrators may be states, political or religious factions within states, military groups, state or private institutions, communities, gangs, families or individuals. The range of possible victims is equally diverse and possible explanations range across historical, cultural, political, ethical, literary, functional, psychological, criminological, sociological, biological and economic sources. We therefore invite contributions from any and all of these disciplinary areas. Our inter-disciplinary and multi-disciplinary approach seeks to do justice to the richness of this theme at a conference where fruitful dialogue between and across disciplines is highly valued. The Steering Group particularly welcomes the submission of pre-formed panel proposals. In order to support and encourage interdisciplinarity engagement, it is our intention to create the possibility of starting dialogues between the parallel events running during this conference. Delegates are welcome to attend up to two sessions in each of the concurrent conferences. We also propose to produce cross-over sessions between two and possibly all three groups â€" and we welcome proposals which deal with the relationship between evil, women, femininity and/or violence and/or femininities and masculinities. What to send: 300 word abstracts should be submitted by Friday 6th December 2013 If an abstract is accepted for the conference, a full draft paper should be submitted by Friday 14th March 2014. 300 word abstracts should be submitted simultaneously to both Organising Chairs; abstracts may be in Word or RTF formats with the following information and in this order: a) author(s), b) affiliation as you would like it to appear in programme, c) email address, d) title of abstract, e) body of abstract, f) up to 10 keywords.. E-mails should be entitled: Violence 12 Abstract Submission. Please use plain text (Times Roman 12) and abstain from using footnotes and any special formatting, characters or emphasis (such as bold, italics or underline). We acknowledge receipt and answer to all paper proposals submitted. If you do not receive a reply from us in a week you should assume we did not receive your proposal; it might be lost in cyberspace! We suggest, then, to look for an alternative electronic route or resend. Joint Organising Chairs: Diana Medlicott: diana@inter-disciplinary.net Rob Fisher: v12@inter-disciplinary.net The conference is part of the Probing the Boundaries programme of research projects. It aims to bring together people from different areas and interests to share ideas and explore various discussions which are innovative and exciting. All papers accepted for and presented at the conference will be eligible for publication in an ISBN eBook. Selected papers may be developed for publication in a themed hard copy volume(s). All publications from the conference will require editors, to be chosen from interested delegates from the conference. For further details of the conference, please visit: http://www.inter-disciplinary.net/probing-the-boundaries/hostility-and-violence/violence/call-for-papers/ Please note: Inter-Disciplinary.Net is a not-for-profit network and we are not in a position to be able to assist with conference travel or subsistence.

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ACSS2014 - The Asian Conference on the Social Sciences

ACSS2014 - The Fifth Asian Conference on the Social Sciences 12th to 15th June 2014 Osaka, Japan The International Academic Forum in conjunction with its global partners is proud to announce the Fifth Asian Conference on the Social Sciences, at the Rihga Royal Hotel & the adjoining Osaka International Conference Center, Osaka, Japan from June 12-15 2014. This international, intercultural and interdisciplinary academic conference on the social sciences is organised by IAFOR in conjunction with our global partners, including Waseda University (Japan), London University (UK) & Virginia Tech (USA). Enquiries: acss@iafor.org Web address: http://acss.iafor.org Sponsored by: IAFOR - The International Academic Forum CALL FOR PAPERS NOW OPEN Hear the latest research, publish before a global audience, present in a supportive environment, network, engage in new relationships, experience Japan, explore Osaka and Kyoto, join a global academic community... Theme: "Individual, Community & Society: Conflict, Resolution & Synergy" Conflict from earliest times has been a characteristic of the human condition. The struggle between our individual selves and our social selves arises from what makes us unique on the one hand, being challenged by our being part of an interdependent structure of relationships on the other. The specific blend of experiences, abilities, attitudes, and aspirations, that helps to define us, can sit sometimes uncomfortably alongside our commitments to those closest to us, our communities and our cultures. This can lead to conflict at different levels. Conflict within communities and societies is inevitable given that these groups are based on commonality of geography, values, attitudes, and beliefs that help to differentiate one from another. The dialectic engendered by diversity, however, although it may lead to conflict, can play an important role in the expansion of ideas in communities and societies. One major challenge of modern society is to harness the synergy that emerges from the interactive dialectic generated by these differences. As it enters its fifth year, The Asian Conference on the Social Sciences will again include a variety of presenters representing a wide range of social science disciplines, expressing divergent views, searching for common ground, and creating the synergies that can inspire multi-disciplinary collaborations. In developing these relationships among ourselves, the role of the social sciences is strengthened as we take our place at the table, along with scholars in the STEM disciplines (i.e., science, technology, engineering, and mathematics), in seeking solutions to the complex issues and problems of the 21st century. I sincerely hope that we will use this time together, not just for intellectual discovery and discourse, but to establish a common vision and to motivate each other to do our part in the creation of a better world. We look forward to seeing you in Osaka! Professor Stuart D. B. Picken Chairman, IAFOR International Advisory Board ACSS/ACSEE 2014 Conference Chair Dr Andrea Molle Chapman University, USA Editor of the IAFOR Journal of the Social Sciences & 2014 Conference Programme Adviser Dr Alex Petrisor Urban-INERC (Romania), Editor of the IAFOR Journal of Sustainability, Energy and the Environment & 2014 Conference Programme Adviser ***Call for Papers: Abstract Submissions Deadline: February 15 2014*** To submit a paper through the online system, please click on the submissions tab IAFOR Global University & Institutional Alliance - Working Together IAFOR works with our university partners to nurture and encourage the best in international, intercultural and interdisciplinary research. We work with senior administrators and professors in our partner institutions to develop programs which are timely, thought-provoking and academically rigorous. The global partnership alliance means that our interdisciplinary conferences are backed by some of the world's foremost institutions of learning. For more information about IAFOR, as well as a full list of university and institutional partners, please go to www.iafor.org Publishing Opportunities Authors of Accepted Abstracts will have the opportunity of publishing their associated paper in the official conference proceedings, and a selection of papers will be considered for inclusion in the internationally reviewed IAFOR journals associated with the conference. For more information about the IAFOR Journal of the Social Sciences, and the IAFOR Journal of Sustainability, Energy & the Environment, see our website. ACSEE2014 ACSS 2014 will be held alongside the Asian Conference on Sustainability, Energy & the Environment (ACSEE 2014), and registrants for either conference will be given the opportunity to attend sessions in the parallel event at no extra charge. CONFIRMED FEATURED SPEAKERS: ACSS/ACSEE 2014 Featured Speaker Mr Lowell Sheppard Asia Pacific Director, HOPE International Development Agency Lowell Sheppard is Asia Pacific Director of the HOPE International Development Agency, an organization focused on working with the world's extreme poor in their quest to climb out of poverty. Aside from his 25-year involvement with Hope, Lowell has dedicated much of his life to social and environmental improvement projects throughout the world. He was the chairman of the Whose Earth initiative in the United Kingdom, and was the founding chairman of Novimost, a non-government organization responding to the needs caused by war in the Balkans. He was also CEO of one of the United Kingdom's largest youth charities and an executive member of Spring Harvest, an annual Christian festival which attracts more than 60,000 people each Easter, and raises more than one million dollars for charities every year. A fellow of the Royal Geographic Society, Mr Sheppard is the author of six books, which reflect his diverse intellectual interests, and life experience. His latest book, Boys Becoming Men, examines the importance of rites of passage, including adventures, for children becoming adults. Lowell is a noted public speaker, and has given lectures at both undergraduate and postgraduate level on Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability, and he is a former vice-chairman of the CSR Committee for the American Chamber of Commerce in Japan. ACSS/ACSEE 2014 Featured Speaker Professor Jay Friedlander Sharpe-McNally Chair of Green and Socially Responsible Business, College of the Atlantic, USA Jay Friedlander is the Sharpe-McNally Chair of Green and Socially Responsible Business at College of the Atlantic (COA) in Bar Harbor, Maine and founder of COA's Sustainable Business Program. Fast Company, Princeton Review, The New York Times and others have recognized COA as a sustainability leader. Jay has been a frequent presenter at both national and international academic conferences on sustainability, enterprise and innovation, as well as to private sector gatherings such as the Yale-Goldman Sachs Partnership on Nonprofit Ventures. Prior to joining COA, Jay was the chief operating officer for a natural and organic restaurant group; worked as a Fortune 100 strategy consultant; served in the Peace Corps in Mauritania; and broke fundraising records at Rails-to-Trails Conservancy. Jay holds a BA from Colgate University and an MBA from Babson College, where he graduated as Valedictorian of his class. ACSS/ACSEE 2014 Conference Co-Chair & ACSS/ACSEE 2014 Featured Speaker Reverend Professor Stuart Picken Chairman of the IAFOR IAB Stuart D. B. Picken is the founding chairman of the IAFOR International Advisory Board. The author of a dozen books and over 130 articles and papers, he is considered one of the foremost scholars on Japan, China, and Globalization in East Asia. As an academic, Professor Picken has devoted more than 30 years to scholarship in Japan, notably as a professor at the International Christian University in Tokyo, where he specialized in ethics and Japanese thought, and as International Adviser to the High Priest of Tsubaki Grand Shrine (Mie prefecture). He has also served as a consultant to various businesses, including Jun Ashida Ltd., Mitsui Mining & Smelting Corp., Kobe Steel, and Japan Air Lines. In November 2008, the Government of Japan awarded Professor Picken the Order of the Sacred Treasure for his pioneering research, and outstanding contribution to the promotion of friendship and mutual understanding between Japan and the UK. The honour is normally reserved for Japanese citizens and is a mark of the utmost respect in which Professor Picken is held by the Japanese Government. Although now resident in Scotland, Professor Picken maintains his interests in Japan, as Chair of the Japan Society of Scotland, and through his work with IAFOR. A fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society, he lives near Glasgow with his wife and two children.

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Performing Objects

Performing Objects 17th to 20th October 2013 Falmouth, United Kingdom The conference comprises scholarly papers, workshops and performances on puppetry, automata, digital puppets, paper theatre, and object oriented ontology, with Keynote Address by Professor Timothy Morton and Plenary talk by Professor Colette Searls. Enquiries: carolyn.shapirowyatt@falmouth.ac.uk Web address: http://www.performingobjectsconference.co.uk Sponsored by:

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